Welcome to our survey!

Hi! We are a research team of George Washington University. This survey will ask you simple questions regarding your purchase preference for used cars.

This survey will take about 10 minutes to complete. It can be stopped and picked up at any time. Your personal information will be kept private and won’t be shared with anyone else. The survey is subdivided in five sub-sections:

  • Current vehicle information

  • Future vehicle information

  • Choice Questions

  • Knowledge of electric vehicles

  • Demographic Information

We greatly appreciate your participation!

This study is about the purchase of your next vehicle.

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Below are some basic questions about your household!

Please answer to the best of your knowledge

How many of each type of vehicle do you have in your household?

Gasoline Hybrid Plug-in Hybrid Electric Other
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Below are some basic questions about your primary vehicle

Please answer to the best of your knowledge

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How often you use different transportation types to get around.

Please answer to the best of your knowledge and note that this does not include travel that is for work(for example, if you are a professional chauffeur, driver or a delivery person)

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This section asks a few questions about your future vehicle.

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Future vehicle section continued!

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Educational Page

Great Work! Now that you have shared a bit about yourself, we’d like you to consider a scenario in which you can choose a car from a set of cars with different attributes.

Let’s learn about the attributes.

Types of Powertrain Definition
Gasoline Gasoline vehicles use an internal combustion engine (ICE) that burns gasoline (petrol) to create power.
Hybrid (HEVs) HEVs take net propulsion energy from gasoline but utilize a small battery pack and electric motor to improve fuel efficiency, mostly through regenerative braking, engine downsizing, engine shutoff at idle, and power management.
Plug-in Hybrid (PHEVs) PHEVs are similar to HEVs, except they typically have a larger battery pack that can be charged by plugging into an electrical outlet.
Electric (BEV) BEVs run purely on electricity and do not use gasoline
Types of Powertrain Definition
Gasoline A conventional gasoline vehicle uses only gasoline.
Hybrid (HEVs) A hybrid vehicle uses a small battery to reduce fuel use but cannot be plugged in to rechage as it uses only gasoline.
Plug-in Hybrid (PHEVs) A plug-in hybrid vehicle has a battery which can be plugged in recharge and can also use gasoline.
Electric (BEVs) A battery electric vehicle must be plugged in to recharge its battery - it never uses gasoline.
Attribute Description
Powertrain Does the vehicle run on gas or Electricity?
Range How many miles in a full tank/ fully charged battery
Price What is the price of the vehicle
Model Year Model/Manufacturing year is the actual year the vehicle was built
Mileage The number of miles vehicle has travelled while in operation
Operating Cost (Equivalent Gasoline Fuel Efficiency) Operating cost of the vehicle

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Choice Question Demonstration

We will now begin the choice tasks. We will show you six choice questions starting on the next page. Below is an example of the type of questions you will be asked.


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Below are a few questions about electric vehicles which we will only use for analyzing our survey data.

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Demographic information

We’re almost done! We’d just like to ask just a few more questions about you which we will only use for analyzing our survey data.

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This is the last page in the survey. Thanks for taking our survey!

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